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Saturday, 28 November 2015

Hoi Keng Congee, Mong Kok

We had congee as our supper at Hoi Keng Congee, Mong Kok. We fully utilized our times because we wished to try Hong Kong foods as more as we can before we left.  

It's next to Hung Fa Roasted Meat Restaurant (宏发烧腊) at Mong Kok
Interior looked very cleaned. Just realized it on latest Hong Kong TVB drama, Lord of Shanghai (枭雄). The more episodes I watched, the more I like because the plot story became intense currently
According to the waitress, it operated from 6am until 2am everyday. Thus, it had shift work. If not, the workers will run away. Also, their health will be affected if working in the long hours for long term. 
It reminded me one of the TVB drama that the stingy employer asked the employees to get the free chilli,tomato sauces and pepper powder from Cha Chaan Teng. It's an easy task because these free and big sizes of condiments just right in front of the customers. 
 I ordered fish congee
The fish congee pretty decent.  It’s so soft, creamy, smooth and succulent resulted from the long hours of boiling. The sliced fishes were very fresh and added the sweetness to the congee. The sliced gingers and onions also pushed the flavor up to notch. 
First attempted in trying Hong Kong boat congee (艇仔粥). Hong Kong boat congee consisted of seafood, pork and peanuts. It was so tasteless and no aromatic at all. 
Twisted roll (炸两). It's Yau Cha Kwai (油条)wrapped by Cheong Fan (肠粉)The Yau Cha Kwai was so crispy and crunchy. Salty Yau Cha Kwai went very well with tasteless Cheong Fan. Both were perfect combination. 

P/S: Above was my personal opinion and taste buds may vary others

Friday, 27 November 2015

Ding Ding International Online Travel Development Company

This entry should be sharing before all the day 2 entries of discovering Hong Kong. However, I forgot it and quickly generated this entry and shared it by today.

In day 1 after dinner, both of us headed to Ding Ding Ding International Online Travel Development Company to buy the entrance tickets for Disneyland, Ngong Ping 360, The Peak, Madame Tussauds, and Macau ferry tickets.

According to the Hong Kong travel guide book, Ding Ding Ding International Online Travel Development Company offered the cheapest prices of the entrance tickets for Disneyland, Ngong Ping 360, The Peak, Madame Tussauds, and Macau ferry tickets.

Ding Ding Travel Company (丁丁旅游推广公司)
To my surprise, the lady in charge spoke fluent Mandarin without Cantonese accent. 

I knew most of the Hong Kongers spoke poor Mandarin. The possible reason was the lady in charge always faced the Mandarin speaking customers and directly improved her Mandarin. According to the lady in charge, the main customers were Malaysia and Singapore travelers. 

Moreover, I was satisfied with the customer service of the lady in charge compared to few times bad customer services that I encountered in Hong Kong. The lady was very patience in answering our questions. She even remained cheerful throughout the overall conversation.

After that, let me compared the price of Ding Ding International Online Travel Development Company and official website of Hong Kong attractions. Based on the below table, I saved total HKD 204 which was a big deal for me. 

Items
Online (HKD)
Ding Ding (HKD)
Price Differences (HKD)
Disneyland
499
450
49
Ngong Ping (standard cabin)
245
125
120
The Peak & Madame Tussauds
230
220
10
Macau ferry tickets (Cotai Jet) 
165
140
25
Total
1139
935
204
*we bought 1 way Macau ferry tickets 

Ding Ding International Online Travel Development Company
Address: Room 1403B,14/F, Sino Center,582 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
Tel: 2139 0810
Fax: 3007 3215
Website: www.hkzhan.com

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Cafe De Coral, CKE Shopping Mall

We proceeded to CKE Shopping mall and Chung King Mansion in Tsim Sha Tsui too to kill our times while waiting for 8pm Light of Symphony performance at Victoria Harbour. It's just 5 minutes walk from Victoria Harbour Promenade to CKE Shopping mall and Chung King Mansion.  

 Lots of China man and China women carried their luggage at CKE shopping mall to buy bulks of milk powders, perfumes and skin care products. I observed that Hong Kongers quite annoyed with their actions. Their actions seriously influenced prices of products and services being increased. Moreover, they also caused the shortage of milk powders in Hong Kong.
Briyani House in Chung King Mansion (重庆大厦)

If you had watched "ChungKing Express (重庆森林),a Hong Kong movie written and directed by Wong Kar Wai, you'll know that few parts of this movie took place in the Chung King Mansion (重庆大厦). 

I didn't like Chung King Mansion at the first glance. In the front of Chung King Mansion, the staff of the guesthouses were very pushy in asking us to stay in their guesthouses. For your information, budget guesthouses were located there. Besides that, I can't bear with the strong smells of smoking. It looked very dirty. 

Furthermore, Chung King Mansion filled with Indians, Nigerias, Pakistanis. We felt like travel to other countries not in Hong Kong anymore. Anyway, it's suitable for those who loves to experiences interracial culture. In addition, it's the good places searching for Halal foods compared other areas. There were plenty of Halal restaurants like Curry House. 

Having early dinner at Cafe de Coral (大家乐). Can see this brand of restaurant at everywhere. 
Set meal everywhere in Hong Kong. Once we decided our food choices, we moved to counter to pay. 
 After that, we proceeded to the counter like above to get our foods after giving the receipt for the person in charge
 I ordered Char Siew & soy sauce chicken rice. The Char Siew was very juicy and tender. The Soy Sauce chicken also very flavourful and succulent
 Naruto went for the set meal, Char Siew rice
 Milk tea tasted like Malaysia milk tea. Nothing special about. 
Red bean ice.  It tasted like ice kacang Malaysia. The sweetness of the coconut milk added aroma and flavor to the red bean. 

Discover Hong Kong Day 2: Tsim Sha Tsui

We planned to visit Victoria Harbour, Clock Tower, Hong Kong Space Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art after Causeway Bay. All these attractions were in the Tsim Sha Tsui. 

The great design and structure of the shopping mall building 
Widely seen this bank (中国建设银行) in Hong Kong
Having heard this hotel, Hong Kong The Peninsula (香港半岛酒店)from the romantic novels and newspapers, finally it's in front of me. I entitled to see it but no power to stay there currently.
This backdrop was very photogenic so Naruto stood still in shooting but with playful facial expression

Museum of Art


Hong Kong Po Leung Kuk (保良局)organized charity sell outside the Museum of Art. 
Those were what they sold 
These students performed very well 
The front counter of Art Museum. Next to the front counter there was a female toilet. It's hardly to find the toilets in Victoria Harbour Promenade, Clock Tower, Star Ferry Pier so both of us used art museum toilets from the afternoon until nights. Further, I was the toilet lovers. It brought the troubles for me. 
The incoming music events. 

Overall, the art museum looked very empty. I observed the Hong Kongers were art lovers. In the afternoon of our visit, there was a free of charge music performance. Hong Kongers were very enjoyed. Some were allowed the every parts of bodies moving with the music. Meanwhile, some were gave a big clapped and cheer faces after performance. Both of us were not the art lovers and leave there after half an hour.  

Hong Kong Space Museum

 It's closed down due to renovation and reopened on 2018. So do Avenue of Star. Both of us were so upset due to visit there from far purposely and ended up seeing the shut down notification


It must be they did their marriage registration and took wedding photo in there
 Not asked for this service because Naruto was the talented photographer


Clock Tower

Just walk straight the Victoria Harbour promenade, the clock tower was there. 

This clock tower was awarded to Hong Kong government by Kowloon Cantoon Railway and MTR Corporations in 2010 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of train services in Hong Kong. 

Star Ferry Pier

Star Ferry was one of the reliable transportation in carrying the passengers from Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon had separated by Victoria Harbour. Star Ferry had carried the passengers for hundred years ago and considered as the icon heritage of Hong Kong. 

2 decks of the Star Ferry, upper deck and lower deck
Not only that, the ferries to Lamma, Lantau and other islands were available at there but departed from different ports. 
I found the ferries run every 10 or 15 minutes. Hence, it's common to see the ferries, boats, vessels and ships crossing the Victoria Harbour frequently. 

Victoria Harbour 


You had not been to Hong Kong if you had not been to Victoria Harbour because it’s the top attractions in Hong Kong. 

Victoria Harbour provided different views in day and night. I enjoyed the wonderful view of Hong Kong skyline and the iconic buildings such as International Commercial Building, Two International Finance Center, Central Plaza, Bank of China Tower, HSBC building. 

I admired the capabilities of the architects and engineers in creating such high scrappers building. Without their contribution, I can’t enjoy such great buildings. 

Besides that, I grabbed the opportunity to see the night view of Victoria Harbour when we waited for 15 minutes light of symphony performance on 8pm everyday.  

It’s a lighting show whereby few key buildings of Hong Kong presented themselves in green, white, pink lights with the background of symphony music.  This performance was accompanied by the narration in Cantonese dialect. However, the performance will be cancelled due to bad weather. 

I’m so disappointed with the light of symphony performance. It’s like the ordinary lighting and sound show and totally no wow factor. It’s worse than the lighting performance in Sentosa Island of Singapore.  

Honestly, you can miss out light of symphony performance due to limited time as a traveler. In contrast, it’s very relaxed when strolling in the Victoria Harbour promenade in night times. The great harbor view and the breezes made me forget about the worriedness and happiness easily. The lighting of the iconic buildings Hong Kong added a sense of romantic.  

 The day view
It always featured in TVB drama. In Tsim Sha Tsui, it's easier to notice because a lot people lined up in the front of red, white and blue ice-cream van. It had 4 types ice-cream. I bought Vanilla flavor (only 1 flavor)soft ice-cream, which was the signature of the Mobile Softee. Like the name of the ice-cream, it was very soft and melted very fast. It even dropped on my shirts and skirts. 
The only nice photo we took at Victoria Harbour 

Below was the magnificent views of Victoria Harbour at different times. The late the night, the view was memorable. 
The view on 5pm. 
 The view on 6pm
 The view on 6.30pm
The view on 7pm
 It's the boat of Cheong Po Tsai which motivated me to shoot it. I was so crazy of recent TVB drama Cheong Po Tsai. 

Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Discover Hong Kong Day 2: Chee Kei Wanton Noodles

After visiting Wong Tai Shi temple, we proceeded to Causeway Bay (铜锣湾)by taking MTR. In Causeway Bay, we were window shopping at Hong Kong Times Square and Lane Crowford. Causeway Bay had endless shopping outlets. 

Since both of us seriously had weak buying power on those luxury and branded products, thus we chose for food hunting in Causeway Bay. Food guides of Causeway Bay indicated that Chee Kei restaurant gained the popularity in term of it's Wanton Noodles. Hence, we decided to pay a visit. This was the restaurant that we spend less times to find it since it easier to notice. Just crossed the road after Times Square, Chee Kei was at there.  


Luckily there was a short queue and we're served within 1 minutes. 
Almost full house and needed to share the tables. Table sharing was part of the Hong Kong cultures. 
Lower chances in using these condiments since the Hong Kong foods were aromatic  
All was in set meal (set A, B, C, D E, F). Ala Carte type menu was very rare. The waitress served the meal utensils by throwing to us. First in my lifetime I encountered such worse customer service. We're not the king as the customer. The restaurant actually was the king. So annoying!!!
Can't understand the meaning. 
Before enjoying our meal, S.E.L.F.I.E to show off with my siblings that we found the famous restaurant in Hong Kong successfully.  

The vegetables soup had the sweetness. Goji Berries added the natural sweetness to the vegetables soup. It was so aromatic when I stirred it before drinking. The vegetables were so crunchy for every bite. 
Wantan Noodles. 
Wantan noodles was very exceptional. The noodles textures was very springy and thin. It was very firm for every bite. The shrimp dumplings in the ping pong size fully made of fresh prawn. It was so tasty and crunchy. The soup was stewed with pork bone and shrimp produced a sweetness. It make the noodles more vivid and tasty. 
 
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